Re: Online dealer that ships to Australia?

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00

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glocock@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <6umu5e$40s$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>>  alanr@tig.com.au (Alanr) wrote
>> Rod Speed <rspeed@dragnet.com.au> wrote
>>> Andrew Morgan wrote

>>>> Whe ordering from international stores what is the deal with import taxes???

>>> Basically you pay the sales tax on entry. And thats calculated
>>> on 120% of the converted price for complicated reasons.

>> Sorry, but is this correct?  120% on the converted price?

>> If I want to buy a Riva TNT from the US @ $US 139 = $ AUS 240
>> would I end up paying another 120%! ie total of $528????

> No, he's saying the sales tax is calculated on 120% of the
> purchase price. So if you bought a Riva for $A 240, and
> the sales tax was 22%, you'd pay 1.2*240*.22 =$63.

Yep.

> So what are the complicated reasons?

Its basically an attempt to make it comparable to local purchases tax
wise. Some bureaucratic insanity to do with a purported retail price etc.

>Cheers         Interested in efficient electric wheel-motors?
>Greg Locock    http://www.tip.csiro.au

Your usename did turn into a rather hilarious contraction |-)

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Date: 1998/09/28
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